Candidate Notes on 00-RLC4

00-RLC4 on Dec 8, 2000

As adopted by the General Membership of the Republican Liberty Caucus at its Biannual Meeting held December 8, 2000.
• WHEREAS libertarian Republicans believe in limited government, individual freedom and personal responsibility;
• WHEREAS we believe that government has no money nor power not derived from the consent of the people;
• WHEREAS we believe that people have the right to keep the fruits of their labor; and
• WHEREAS we believe in upholding the US Constitution as the supreme law of the land;

BE IT RESOLVED

that the Republican Liberty Caucus endorses the following [among its] principles:

The tax system of the United States should be overhauled.

There should be a national debate discussing various alternative means of taxation including but not limited to a single flat income tax, repealing the income tax and replacing it with a national sales tax, and reducing spending to the point where the income tax can be repealed without the need to replace it with a national sales tax or any other form of taxation.

The capital gains tax should be *eliminated*.

The inheritance tax should be *eliminated*.

The new tax system should be implemented *promptly*.

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